Automobile.



PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908. AUNAY-BELLBVILLE.

M, "an DEL AUTOMOBILE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1907.

"UNITED STATES PA'rr LOUIS MARIE GABRIEL DELAUNAY-BELLEVILLE,

ANONYME DES AUTOMOBILES DELAUNAY-BELLEVILLE,

A CORPORATION OF FRANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

No. e79,oe7,

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Laos, ASSIGNGR T0 SOGIETE S'l.-DENIS, SEINE, FRANCE,

AUTOMOBILE.

Patented Feb. 1 1, 1908.

Application filed September 30, 1907. Borinl "550, @5366.

Tube in Automobiles, of which the following is a specification;

In the rear brid es of automobiles, the dif-' ferentiai of whic is connected with the change speed gear b a double cardan shaft, the casing of the differential carrying the driving pinion and its shaft should be con nected with the chassis by a rigid part attached to the fixed parts of the said chassis means of a part which is elastic and ,adepted to be arranged in various directions, to admit of the relative displacements due particularly to the equal or unequal extensions of the suspension springs. This connection is usually constituted by a light beam arranged at one side of the cardan shaft, bolted at one of its extremities to the casing of the differential and connected at the other extremity to a transverse member of the chassis. The novel arrangement forming the object of the present application consists replacing the said beam atone side of the cardan shaft as heretofore em loyed, by a tuheserving as a protecting s eeve for the cardnn shaft. This tube is fixed at its extremity by means of a flange, screw thread or in any other convenient manner, in line with the box of the differential with which it thus iorn'is unit. The other extremity beiiig intended for movement in all directions, is connected to the chassis by means of,a connecting rod one point of articulation of which is constituted by a ball and socket joint -fixed rigidly to a trai'isverse member, while the other uoint of articulation is constituted by the in t partof the tube itself ending in a ball cm socket joint This connecting rod niiay be arranged above or below the cardan tube and its length may either be fixed or variable. It may also com rise )rings serving to deaden shocks arising rom the vertical reactions produced on starting. This arrangement is rc rc.cutcd in the-accompanying drawings, l? which:

' Fi me 1 is e vertical section on the line X. r of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section' on the line YY of Fig. 1.

A is the frame.

B is the transverse member fixed to the frame, v

O is the box of the differential.

D is thetube serving as a protecting casing or sleeve for the cardan shaft. This tube is fixed at its rear extremity to the box 0 of the differential, its front extremity carries a. ball joint d. i

E is the connecting rod connecting theball joint (1 of the front extremity of the tube D with the ball joint I) fixed to the transverse" member and conse uently to the'chassis A.

lVhen starting brahing, and when jolts occur, the vertical and longitudinal rc actions which are transmitted to the extremities of the casing tube D are sup orted by the connecting rod E. The angu ar or longitudinal movements of the casing tube D are effected without I difficulty owing to the ball and socket joints 6 and d the lay between the tube and the Garden shaft eing sufficient to prevent these displacements from causing the tube to come into contact with the shaft that it protects.

Havim thus described and ascertained the nature 0'? my invention and in what manner the same may be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

A device of the class described comprising a tube forming a forward extension of the differential box and surrounding the cardan shaft but not touching it, the front part of this tube ending in a socket. and being supported in a bearing arranged at the extremity ofa single connecting rod, the other extremity of which is able to rock around a ball fixed LOUIS MAME tihllltllllr DE LAU N A l" BELLE VILLE.

Witnesses:

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